UNITED sued by woman over non working Direct TV $5M !

ATN_Pilot said:
Eh, I watch TV on Delta. The iPad is great for watching movies, but I want the TV for CNBC.
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What cold you possibly miss out from the CNBC TV broadcast that you couldn't glean in real-time from an inflight wi-fi connection on your mobile device? I don't watch CNBC personally, but all of the other major TV news media outlets are positively maddening to watch in my opinion.
 
Cal Goat said:
I am genuinely shocked that people will slide a credit card to watch Direct TV on an airline seatback. Personal mobile media or a book is the best strategy to ensure entertainment satisfaction on long flight. I have never even been tempted to purchase airline entertainment programming. You have to figure their content is heavily edited and neutered anyway.
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I use it if I forgot to charge my mini and there isn't a way to plug it in at the seat.
 
mshunter said:
I use it if I forgot to charge my mini and there isn't a way to plug it in at the seat.
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One of the best gifts I got for xmas a few years ago was a backup charger. Fortunately I don't commute at the moment, but there are days when my phone is on death's door and I can just plug it in to the portable charge and have it fully charge during one flight segment. The trick of course, is remembering to charge the charger at the hotel.
 
Cal Goat said:
One of the best gifts I got for xmas a few years ago was a backup charger. Fortunately I don't commute at the moment, but there are days when my phone is on death's door and I can just plug it in to the portable charge and have it fully charge during one flight segment. The trick of course, is remembering to charge the charger at the hotel.
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I have one of those too. But I save it for my "crap, I forgot to put my phone in airplane mode again" moments.
 
mshunter said:
I have one of those too. But I save it for my "crap, I forgot to put my phone in airplane mode again" moments.
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I occasionally am forced to use it on my ipad mini, but the charge power is nothing close to what it can do for the phone.
 
Cal Goat said:
What cold you possibly miss out from the CNBC TV broadcast that you couldn't glean in real-time from an inflight wi-fi connection on your mobile device? I don't watch CNBC personally, but all of the other major TV news media outlets are positively maddening to watch in my opinion.
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It's a multitasking thing. I like CNBC running in the background as I'm working on the computer.
 
typhoonpilot said:
Many countries have a fee structure for lawsuits such as this. You want to file a lawsuit asking for $5 million then you pay the fee. In China it is 1 to 2% (so that would be $50,000 to $100,000 for this suit, just in court fees). In the UAE it is 7% up to a maximum of 30,000 Dirhams (about $8000), but class action is not allowed so that would be per person. Keeps frivolous lawsuits to a minimum that way.

Granted that prevents some people from being able to afford a justifiable suit so it may not be a perfect system. I was burned in the UAE. Lost 200,000 Dirhams on a property deal gone bad. It would have cost me over 50,000 Dirhams in court fees and lawyer fees to take a suit to court. I would have won, but no real chance of getting the money returned so it would have been a hollow victory. Plus I made 1.4 million on two other property deals so just looked at it like stocks. You win some, and you lose some.



Typhoonpilot
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This is otherwise known as limiting access to justice and restitution to the well-heeled. (Consequently, it is a terrible idea.)

And also LOL at no class actions.
 
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